Recent peer-reviewed study supports what patients shared with their own voices: Automated red blood cell exchange improves the lives of people struggling with sickle cell disease LAKEWOOD, Colo., Nov.

The transfusion of red blood cells stored for more than 21 days is no more harmful than fresh red blood cell transfusions, according to a study published in the March issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Given the remarkable advances seen with gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), it may seem counterintuitive to suggest the space may be in need of more therapies that have already been ...

Dr. Richard Lesiyampe(Fourth Left), CEO of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital(JOOTRH) together with fellow staff and medical representatives from The Nairobi West Hospital during ...

The amino acid glutamine plays an unexpected role in erythropoiesis, the differentiation of erythroid progenitor cells into mature red blood cells. Ordinarily, glutamine is broken down by stem cells ...

Eleven-year-old Martin Mwita, of Omaha, has made more than 300 visits to health care facilities since he was a baby. Because of sickle cell disease, he's suffered three strokes and countless other ...